C.A. Quintet was one of the best local bands at the time in Twin Cities (Minneapolis/St. Paul), and if Trip Thru Hell was distributed globally, it could have been more popular. Nevertheless, with the passage of time, Trip thru hell has won the recognition of collectors around the world, just like many records of similar rarity, and today it is highly sought after.

The most expensive album copy has been sold for $5656 in August 2014 and came directly from the hands of Ken Erwin, the guitarist of the band.

Musically, Trip thru hell is an excellent record, even though its DIY production is obvious. The sound of the trumpet with Latin flavors gives off a unique tone to the sound of the album and in combination with the Dark Acid Rock elements, they make up a unique musical result.

If someone wants to buy “Trip Thru Hell” original Vinyl LP, they should expect to spend around $2300 to $2300

– In Hans Pokora’s book “Record Collectors Dream” the vinyl record “Trip Thru Hell” has a Valuation of rarity 6/6

Skryvania was a Symphonic Progressive Rock band from France. They formed in 1977 and disbanded at 1978. During that period they released an extraordinary LP witch happens to be one other rarest European Progressive Rock vinyl records up to date. Skryvania had definite influences from bands such as Yes and Genesis and even though they considered young they were remarkable musicians.

200 copies of this vinyl record were pressed in Belgium and the highest bid for one of them was 1910 euros in 2016

At this moment there is a very scarce amount of copies of this vinyl record up for sale on the net. If you are interesting in owning this record it is going to cost you a price tag of 1500 to 1700 dollars.

– In Hans Pokora’s book “Record Collectors Dream 2001” the vinyl record Skryvania has a Valuation of rarity 5/6

The Index (Red album) is a very elusive and expensive vinyl record. The Index were a Garage – Psychedelic Rock band formed in 1966 and they broke up in 1969 when their band members left to study at college. During this time, they released two albums and because neither of them had a title, they were named the Black Album (1967) and the Red Album (1968) respectively because of the label color of each release.

The Index – red album was released by the index company DC records. Essentially it was a self-financing release. The initials “DC” resulted from the initials of a friend of the band who helped the band at that time.

The album was released in very few copies (about 100, maybe even fewer) and was first distributed to friends of the band. It then went on sale through the Harmony house music store in Grosse Point Woods, Michigan.The cover artwork belongs to Jim Valice, the drummer of the band, and portrays the outlines of the band members.The red album is a really rare one and according to popsike (which displays ebay sales figures) has only been auctioned once. It was sold for $9,387 at an auction on ebay on 12-12-2014.

Anyone looking for it, other than it will be very difficult for them to find it, should spend a fairly large amount depending on the condition of the album. A good price would be around 9 and 10 thousand dollars.

– In Hans Pokora’s book “Record Collectors Dream 2001” the “Red Album” from “The Index” band has a Valuation of rarity 6/6